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To: Rebelbase
Well, there is a U-Boat in Chicago, the U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry.

It was the one boarded and captured on the high seas a couple of days before the expected Allied invasion of Europe, and the US Navy went to great lengths keep the news secret to avoid giving the Germans a reason to change codes and radio frequencies sooner than scheduled.

30 posted on 06/13/2008 7:27:37 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

Toured it in 1968. Pretty cool!


31 posted on 06/13/2008 7:56:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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